Aero Cmdr 600S2D N1777S

25 August 1970 · Napoleonville, Louisiana, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 25 August 1970 at about 12:30 local time, a Aero Cmdr 600S2D registered N1777S, operated by Watson Aviatio, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Napoleonville, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 August 1970 at 12:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Napoleonville, Louisiana, United States
Nearest airport: Watson Aviation
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Aero Cmdr 600S2D
Registration: N1777S
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Watson Aviatio
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Crop Control Related Flight
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3532

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

REFUELED, RELOADED ACFT AIRBORNE THEN SETTLED.DNSTY ALT 1800FT.SPRAYING SUGAR CANE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3532, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

Also in

United States 170,864 Watson Aviatio 5 1970 4,980

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
20 Jan 1970	Piper PA-28 N98044	Norwood, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	E W Wiggins AI	No injuries	-
10 Mar 1970	Cessna 182 N71359	Albany, New York, United States no coordinates	McIntyre Aviat	No injuries	-
12 Apr 1970	N American SNJ-4 N6411D	Dothan, Alabama, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
8 Mar 1970	Cessna 182 N8862X	Ridgely, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Charles B Todd	No injuries	-
24 Jul 1970	Piper PA-28 N6505J	Torrance, California, United States no coordinates	Sperry Air SER	No injuries	-
12 Dec 1970	Aeronca 11AC N3247E	Butler, Georgia, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2

All 170,864 records in United States